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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Marriages - St Leonards Shoreditch
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 01:59:35 +0100
In-Reply-To: <001201c2fae2$e0d7ff00$a0836551@default>



>I received details of a marriage that took place at St Leonards and was quite
>surprised ( and disappointed!! ) that no details were given of either the bride
>or groom except name and age; not even parents' names. This was in 1824

This is the perfectly normal format for marriages in 1824. There was no
provision for asking or including any such parental information. Only in
1837 does the name of the father of the parties appear for the first
time.

--
Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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